Did President Obama Separate Parents And Children At The Border?

The Obama and Bush administrations have been accused of separating families at the border, with some claiming that their rates were lower than the current rate. However, former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson stated that he did not separate children and parents despite the surges in migrant families. Experts say that there were some separations under previous administrations, but no blanket policy to prosecute parents and separate them from their children. President Donald Trump is falsely accusing the Obama administration of instituting a policy in which children were separated from their parents at the border. Under Obama, children were separated from parents only when authorities had concerns for their well-being or could not confirm that the adult was their legal guardian. Immigration advocates and former Obama administration officials argue that this is not true, as the Obama administration detained families together. Trump has repeated a false claim to reporters, blaming the Obama administration for instituting a policy in which children were separated. Immigration advocates and former Obama administration officials argue that the current policy towards families crossing the US-Mexico border is more lenient than the previous one.